Major Events
- 1305 Scottish patriot William Wallace is executed for high treason by Edward I of England at Smithfield, London
- 1542 Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his major work, the “Beit Yosef,” a voluminous commentary on the “Arba’ah Turim” code
- 1850 First US National Women’s Rights Convention convenes in Worcester, Massachusetts
- 1942 Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffe planes bomb Stalingrad, killing 40,000 people
- 1943 Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history, ends after 50 days as the Soviet Union defeats Germany; over 10,000 tanks take part, and nearly 250,000 combatants are killed
- 1996 Osama bin Laden issues a message entitled “A Declaration of War Against the Americans Occupying the Land of the Two Holy Places”
Aug 23 in Film & TV
- 1933 First televised boxing match, a six-round exhibition at Broadcasting House in London between middleweights Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri, airs on BBC TV
- 1946 Premiere of “The Big Sleep,” directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall
Aug 23 in Music
- 1994 Jeff Buckley releases his album “Grace,” featuring his cover of Leonard Cohen‘s “Hallelujah”
Aug 23 in Sport
- 2008 Ethiopian distance runner Kenenisa Bekele wraps up the 5,000/10,000m double at the Beijing Olympics when he takes gold in the 5,000m in an Olympic record 12:57.82
Did You Know?
Last cavalry charge in history takes place during World War II at Isbuschenskij, Russia, when the Italian Savoia Cavalleria charges Soviet infantry
Fun Fact About August 23
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth since the 10th century
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